Tamil Nadu saw an all time high of 1,149 persons testing positive for coronavirus on Sunday since the pandemic broke out in the State in March 2020. With Sunday’s figure of 1,149 covid-19 patients, the number of persons tested positive till date rose to 22,333 in the State. The day also saw 757 persons getting discharged from various hospitals in Tamil Nadu, making the number of active cases in the State 9,400.
This is as per the medical bulletin released by the Government on Sunday. The release said that death toll in the State rose to 173 as 13 perosns succumbed to the pandemic on Sunday.Out of the 1,149 persons tested positive on Sunday, 95 were people who came back to the State from various countries and other places in the country. Chennai has till now tested 14,802 positive cases and the district tested 802 positive cases on Sunday.
The data shows that there has been nearly nine-fold increase in the number of active cases reported in Tamil Nadu in the last 30 days. According to the government release, there were 1,183 active cases and a total of 2, 526 cases in Tamil Nadu as on May 1. Interestingly, C Vijaya Basker, the health minister of the State had told reporters on May 1 that the lock down which was to end on May 3 and which was extended by the Centre to May 17 would help Tamil Nadu in flattening the curve.
Chennai and three neighboring districts of Kancheepuram, Thiruvallur and Chengalpattu would continue to be no-go areas while the remaining 33 districts have been freed from the shackles of restrictions imposed as part of controlling the spread of coronavirus.
IT companies and other major industrial units outside Chennai city limits have been allowed to function with full strength while companies within the limits of Chennai Police could function with 50 per cent of their workforce.
A government release on Sunday said the re-opening of schools and colleges have been postponed to July 1 as the lockdown has been extended to June 30. The move by the Government to alter the rules concerning lockdown is in the backdrop of the unabated hike in the number of coronavirus cases in the State, especially in the four districts including capital city Chennai.
While there would not be any public transport worth its name in these four districts, buses, trains and cabs would operate in other districts which have been categorized into eight zones. But the public transport services could operate only as per the guidelines and restrictions which have been put based on the intensity of the spread of the pandemic in these zones, said the release.
Religious places amusement parks will continue to be out of bound for general public till the end of June while restaurants, hotels and other business premises could function by observing social distance norms. Only 50 per cent of seating capacities will be allowed in hotels while there are no restrictions in sale of food parcels. Postponement of reopening of schools and colleges means that the Government is likely to postpone public examinations for 10th standard students which were scheduled to begin on June 15.
